What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Manager, Honors College - UT Chattanooga position at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga?
Job Description
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga invites applications for a Business Manager position supporting the Honors College. This role operates in a dynamic academic environment and serves as the primary administrator for financial management, human resources, purchasing, payroll, and office administration.
The Business Manager ensures compliance with university fiscal and personnel policies and delivers high-level financial and operational support to leadership. This position is responsible for creating and maintaining all financial, purchasing, payroll, and personnel records and for preparing detailed executive-level reports.
Responsibilities
Financial & Budget Management
Required
QUALIFICATIONS
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is in the heart of one of Tennessee’s largest and most dynamic cities. As a national model for metropolitan universities, UTC collaborates with its many regional partners to offer an experiential learning environment with outstanding teaching scholars in 128 undergraduate degree programs and 55 graduate programs—at both the master's and doctoral levels. UTC and Chattanooga—nationally recognized for its downtown redevelopment and wealth of outdoor recreation—are inextricably linked, and the University is central to the workforce and economic development efforts of the region and the state.
Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Engineering and Computer Science; Health, Education and Professional Studies; and the Honors College are home to an array of award-winning programs from Nursing to Computer Science, Entrepreneurship to Veteran Student Support. Innovation is a strategic focus, and UTC research and development in smart city technology is an industry leader. UTC is the first and only university in the country with access to a managed, commercial quantum computing network, and we are introducing an artificial intelligence initiative involving entities across campus and engaging partners throughout the region.
From our deep ties to the city of Chattanooga to our national reputation for innovation and hands-on learning, UTC stands out as a university where students thrive, faculty inspire, and partnerships create real impact.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga invites applications for a Business Manager position supporting the Honors College. This role operates in a dynamic academic environment and serves as the primary administrator for financial management, human resources, purchasing, payroll, and office administration.
The Business Manager ensures compliance with university fiscal and personnel policies and delivers high-level financial and operational support to leadership. This position is responsible for creating and maintaining all financial, purchasing, payroll, and personnel records and for preparing detailed executive-level reports.
Responsibilities
Financial & Budget Management
- Manages all state and restricted budgets for the Honors College, including developing projections and maintaining a detailed shadow ledger
- Tracks, requests, and administers scholarship funds and accounts
- Monitors expenditures and ensures compliance with university, state, and federal guidelines
- Serves as a primary financial resource for faculty and staff
- Collaborates with Business & Financial Affairs, Purchasing, Sponsored Programs, Disbursements, and external vendors
- Serves as the point of contact for faculty and staff HR questions
- Coordinates faculty, staff, and adjunct hiring processes, including serving on search committees
- Manages payroll, personnel actions, and onboarding for faculty, graduate assistants, and student workers
- Prepares annual personnel reports for federal, state, and institutional surveys
- Oversees purchasing requests, purchase orders, contracts, and accounts payable
- Coordinates contract approval processes and vendor relationships
- Resolves invoice, payment, shipment, and contract issues
- Provides financial data and reporting as required
- Manages day-to-day operations of the Honors College administrative office
- Directs and supports Honors College student assistants
- Coordinates travel arrangements for faculty, staff, and student programs (including multi-day trips)
- Supports events such as Honors College graduation and special programs
- Manages shared resources, inventory, space reservations, and general email communications
- Knowledge of financial management practices, including budgeting, monitoring expenditures, and account reconciliation
- Knowledge of human resources policies, procedures, and applicable regulations
- Skill in preparing, analyzing, and maintaining financial and personnel records and reports
- Skill in effective written and verbal communication with faculty, staff, students, and external partners
- Ability to interpret and apply institutional policies and procedures with accuracy and discretion
- Ability to organize work, manage multiple priorities, and meet established deadlines
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a complex organizational environment
Required
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree (field open)
- Two (2) to three (3) years of experience working in a professional environment
- Wide knowledge and experience using Excel
- Demonstrated project management experience
- Two (2) to three (3) years of experience working in higher education
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience planning events
- Two (2) to three (3) years of managing budgets and accounts
- Two (2) to three (3) years managing fiscal and personnel policies
- Experience in bookkeeping, accounting, auditing, or related financial functions
- University of Tennessee – Chattanooga, TN Campus
- This is a fully on-site position.
- UT Market Range: MR10
- Anticipated hiring salary: $60,250 - $65,000
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is in the heart of one of Tennessee’s largest and most dynamic cities. As a national model for metropolitan universities, UTC collaborates with its many regional partners to offer an experiential learning environment with outstanding teaching scholars in 128 undergraduate degree programs and 55 graduate programs—at both the master's and doctoral levels. UTC and Chattanooga—nationally recognized for its downtown redevelopment and wealth of outdoor recreation—are inextricably linked, and the University is central to the workforce and economic development efforts of the region and the state.
Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Engineering and Computer Science; Health, Education and Professional Studies; and the Honors College are home to an array of award-winning programs from Nursing to Computer Science, Entrepreneurship to Veteran Student Support. Innovation is a strategic focus, and UTC research and development in smart city technology is an industry leader. UTC is the first and only university in the country with access to a managed, commercial quantum computing network, and we are introducing an artificial intelligence initiative involving entities across campus and engaging partners throughout the region.
From our deep ties to the city of Chattanooga to our national reputation for innovation and hands-on learning, UTC stands out as a university where students thrive, faculty inspire, and partnerships create real impact.
Salary : $60,250 - $65,000